Why is the FAL prohibited?

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As the title says, i was just curious as to why the FAL is prohibited? Is it just because bad guys use it? Easily converted to full auto? Looks scary? Like we can buy other rifles that shoot 7.62x51, but not the FAL or the G3 for that matter.
 
It was one of the earliest restricted rifles, maybe the first under the 'just because' clause. Others were restricted based on barrel length. Once restricted they were moved over to prohibited 'just because.'
 
The RCMP (in their infinite wisdom and absolute knowledge of all things firearm related) decided that it was "too easily" converted to full auto. I used to have an FNC1. I loved that rifle because it was a reminder of my military service, and it was fun to shoot. When I bought it, it was restricted. Later of course, the horsemen decided it should be a prohip. Given how inaccurate and uncontrollable the C2 was, nobody in their right mind would try to hit ANYTTHING with a full auto C1. The Americans discovered that with their select fire M14's. If you go full auto with the light profile barrel and existing stock, that thing jumps around like a flea on a hot griddle. Sadly, the courts seem to side with the RCMP "experts" no matter how knowledgeable the defendants and counsel are.
As was noted earlier, the prevailing attitude seems to be "guns are bad and evil. If you own guns you are therefore bad and evil"! Very effective smear campaign by the Liberal government and the "antis", don't ya think?
 
Because above and beyond banning all firearms, the true end goal is to get rid of the minds that would own/use one.

That's what they're really after: The culture of independent thought, decision and action. The FAL (much like the AK in a sense) is very much an iconic symbol, more so than it is a functioning piece of metal. And because it is something that is recognized to be special/stand out/ gives guys something to have in common, it must be attacked and snuffed out.

Sure they don't like guns....but really, they don't like you! You think and act for yourself, are therefore not part of the "progressive plan" and therefore need to go.



freekshow001 said:
As the title says, i was just curious as to why the FAL is prohibited? Is it just because bad guys use it? Easily converted to full auto? Looks scary? Like we can buy other rifles that shoot 7.62x51, but not the FAL or the G3 for that matter.
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It is too easy to convert to full auto. I've seen it done in less the 2 minutes when I was a reservist. I won't go into detail how but, a blindfolded monkey could do it. It's a shame too...it is a beautiful rifle and I would love to own one.
 
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In theory BUT the cops went about milling bolt carriers, removing parts and welding discs to selectors so they couldn't be converted. There would be no matchsticking. It really was a case of not having a rifle the military had and therefore 'just because.' Remember this was the era of converted autos. They would get justbecaused later and still today. Try selling a converted auto now.
 
Problem with it is that the bolt activated sear is also a safety mechanism of sorts not letting the hammer go until the bolt is fully closed. Combine that with the primary sear design along with the selector only reducing the distance of travel of the trigger when in semi makes it an easy conversion. Seems that they dont realize that there are already laws against doing so unless they think that people are not going to follow laws they make...
 
They hated the idea that it was called "the right arm of the free world". Arms should never be taken up against any gov't no matter how corrupt they are.
 
It was an Order in Council, could have been the possibility C1 parts could come out of the military and going into the Lithgow L1 A1s that came over from the Singapore Police Force.
I had an Australian L1 A1 and I had to take it down to the RCMP in my community to have it registered and the RCMP didn't know anything about the Order in Council.
They tried to seize it, I suggested they call headquarters, and they explained the order in detail to them.
 
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It was an Order in Council, could have been the possibility C1 parts could come out of the military and going into the Lithgow L1 A1s that came over from the Singapore Police Force.
I had an Australian L1 A1 and I had to take it down to the RCMP in my community to have it registered and the RCMP didn't know anything about the Order in Council.
They tried to seize it, I suggested they call headquarters, and they explained the order in detail to them.
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Now why did you comply? just wanting to know
 
Rucker said:
It is too easy to convert to full auto. I've seen it done in less the 2 minutes when I was a reservist. I won't go into detail how but, a blindfolded monkey could do it. It's a shame too...it is a beautiful rifle and I would love to own one.
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Interesting. I heard about this trick when I was in army cadets, but nobody had ever actually seen it done, and I put it in the 'my friend's uncle's brother-in-law told him once...' kind of story. Did it actually make it a practical FA shooter, or did it just mean that one trigger pull emptied the mag?

I had an Israeli metric FN back when they weren't even restricted and sold it because I thought I needed the money more [never, NEVER do this, kids..]. I later bought an L1A1 that was Restricted, and actually took it to the range a few times after it was made Prohib...my prohib handguns were okay for the range, so why not....? [Yeah, now I know better, dammit...].

On the prohibition reasoning, what I heard was that it happened just after Australia started switching over to AR military rifles, and was selling off their FNs on the international open market. The RCMP clutched their pearls and decided that these guns were 'too dangerous' to have flooding into Canada. Dunno if that's true...if so, it looks pretty silly now that everybody and their dog has an SKS and/or an M305...

The FNC1 was a heavy, hard-recoiling beeyatch to lug over hill and dale, but there's nothing like a wood and steel rifle in a serious caliber to fill you with confidence and an enterprising spirit...
 
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